I had a similar experience with Lexus car scheduling. They routed me to an AI that speaks in natural language (and a female voice). Something was off and I had a feeling it was AI, but it would speak with personality, ums, typing noise, and so on.
replyI gathered my courage at the end and asked if it's AI and it said yes, but I have no real way of verification. For all I know, it's a human that went along with the joke!
Haha! For me it was quite obvious once it admitted because we kept talking and their behaviour stayed the same. It could see that AI's character was pretty flat, good enough for v1.
replyWait, you were _talking_ to an HR AI agent?
replyCorrect. They sounded like human. The pacing was natural, it was real time, no lag. It felt human for the most part. There was even a background noise, which made it feel authentic.
replyEDIT: I'm almost tempted to go back and respond to that email now. Just out of curiosity, to see how soon I'll see a human.
Truly bizarre. Thanks for sharing.
replyAs a general rule I always do these talks with camera on; more reason to start doing it now if you're not. But I'm sure even that will eventually (sooner rather than later) be spoofed by AI as well.
What an awful time.
wtf you're joking, right?
replyNot at all. It was hard to believe.
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